The Lucky Bastard Game

WHAT IS IT?

In short, it works similar to the Tapology Survivor game in the sense that it continues every week until there's a winner (or in some cases in this game no winner) but instead of picking your fighters, get assigned a random fighter from the upcoming UFC card and hope they win. 


FORMAT:

1) To enter, simply say that you want to enter at the start of a new game. The length of the games depend entirely on how long it takes to either find a winner or eliminate everyone.

2) Then, you will randomly be assigned a fighter from the upcoming UFC card. This will be decided by me using this site I found wheeldecide.com and putting all the fighters names on a wheel and going through the list of players one by one and spinning the wheel to decide which fighter they get. I'll make a very low quality video of the draw and post it here to show I'm not deliberately messing with anyone in particular. It might mean that some people end up with the same fighter but that doesn't affect the game as it's more of an everybody fighting for themselves kinda game rather than a head to head game.

3) If your randomly assigned fighter wins their fight then you're through to the next round. If their fight get cancelled or postponed then I'll count it as a loss as it would be considered unlucky. Draws and no contests will also count as losses for the same reason. This happens every week until there is only one left and they will be the winner. In a unique twist to make the game as stupid as possible, if everyone eventually goes out, then nobody wins the game and the game will be marked in the record books as "nobody ******* won" or something like that. For example, if there are 2 or 3 people left and they all have losing fighters then nobody wins the game. I feel this also adds weight to the game as you have to be REALLY lucky to be a winner as you literally have to be luckier than every other competitor to be the only one left standing!


WHAT DOES THE WINNER GET?

A place on the list of winners that will be displayed on the opening post of every new game and their current AV put on the new game poster (see below) in the middle of the horseshow so they effectively become the poster boy/girl/other for the new game!

Any questions, just ask! And remember, please don't take this game too seriously! I mean, it's practically a satire of the Survivor Game when you think about it lol!

For the sake of record keeping and historical intrigue, here's the link to the Tapology Lucky Bastard Game: 1st Edition that was on a separate thread: https://www.tapology.com/forum/threads/68098

https://www.tapology.com/profiles/the%20wheel/predictions

* Edited at 04.23.2023, 8:21 AM ET *

The very first event that it picked was UFC Fight Night: Strickland VS Imavov. It got 3 / 11. In the latest UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich VS Blaydes it got 8 / 11. 

It's learning. Soon it will be picking every fight perfectly. It will top the leaderboard of every UFC event. It will become the go to source for MMA bettors. The FBI will investigate if it's fixing UFC fights. Fighters it predicts will be knocked out will stop turning up to their fights to save themselves from the certain damage. Soon @The Wheel will have the MMA world at it's mercy. 

It's inevitable. 

It's unstoppable. 

It's ******* terrifying.

7 entered the 2nd round. Only 3 answer the bell for the 3rd. A 57.14% elimination rate! The 3 remaining lucky bastards are:

• Kkkomboo
• Schwerindustrie
• TARTARA

Just a reminder of the rules that even though Jared Gordon (@Rigno's fighter) didn't technically lose, no contests (along with draws and cancelled fights) count as a loss in this game on the basis that having your designated fighter involved in a no contest in this case is undoubtedly unlucky.

Good luck to the 3 remaining lucky bastards!

YOU HAVE CHUCKLING ACROSS THE POND FROM YOU MR. TERRY

Here's the draw for the 3rd and quite possibly last round if the wheel keeps it's current elimination rate up! Good luck you 3!

For those who can't/don't want to watch the video, the matchups are:

• Kkkomboo - Cody Brundage
• Schwerindustrie -  Michał Oleksiejczuk
• TARTARA - Martin Buday

Good luck!

Using the wheel in the link below, here are my wheely random picks for this week!



https://wheeldecide.com/?c1=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%201&c2=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%201&c3=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%201&c4=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%201&c5=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%202&c6=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%202&c7=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%202&c8=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%202&c9=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%203&c10=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%203&c11=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%203&c12=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%203&c13=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%204&c14=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%204&c15=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%204&c16=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%204&c17=Home%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%205&c18=Away%20-%20KO%2FTKO%20-%20Round%205&c19=Home%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%205&c20=Away%20-%20Submission%20-%20Round%205&c21=Home%20-%20Decision&c22=Away%20-%20Decision&col=pastel&t=UFC%20PICKS&time=5

Oh dramatic ending

@Kkkomboo 

Well technically, if all three or at least two of you guys keep getting through every week then the game could go on for eternity lol! But tbh, given the fighters the wheel has selected, I don't think that'll happen! 

I think Tartara has the most chances to win here or mb all three will lose

* Edited at 04.29.2023, 10:36 AM ET *

@Kkkomboo 

Yeah, Cody Brundage and Michał Oleksiejczuk are both underdogs but the Martin Buday VS Jake Collier fight is a coin flip IMO.

I have a gut feeling Brundage is going to win so hopefully for your sake I’m right.

One more time against the odds. The wheel doesn't like my title defence project 

20 entered and after 3 rounds, there is only 1 lucky bastard left standing! Congratulations to @TARTARA for winning the Tapology Lucky Bastard Game: 8th Edition! You will have your name added to the list of winners on @The Wheel shortly and get to be the poster boy for the Tapology Lucky Bastard Game: 9th Edition!

Entry for the Tapology Lucky Bastard Game: 9th Edition is now open! The first event will be UFC 288: Sterling VS Cejudo. The following people have lifetime passes and are already in the next game:
 

• AyyLmaonnaise
• Bellatrix
• BoomShakaLaka
• CangrejoRuiz
• ccollins44
• Cheeseball
• Kkkomboo
• kushycake
• mulefloyd
• Nuggetheel
• PiggyBank
• Rigno
• Schatte
• Ubermacht
• Xconchris

Anyone else who wants to play, just say so in the thread!

I'll play, and might aswell ask for a lifetime pass

MR. TERRY WOULD YOU PUT ME IN THE GAME.

Congrats to TARTARA and looking forward to Sterling vs. Cejudo. Darn impressive performance by the wheel in this edition

Congrats to the 2x champ Tartara. I’m coming for your throne then I’m 3 peating! 

NOBODY GET TOO COMFY AROUND HERE! MY PICS SUCK I KNOW. BUT I GREASED THE WHEEL AND ADDED AN XTRA FEATURE ON THERE SO IT STOPS ON THE WINNING FIGHTER FOR ME, YEAH ME. ESP.